Iterations
Yet another happy accident in my career…
It looks like this job might become well worth to explore farther. Although I don’t know yet, if it’s going to end up as blog posts series here or my Tutorials feature installments. Maybe both? That’s the beauty of creating a website. One can never tell!
But what you can surely see by now, is that I’m very consistent in doing so. That is my iron will in practice.
Two years ago, I’ve made my first prototype of derby shoes in navy blue calf leather. From the get-go, I knew the lines I want to play with. The result was so satisfying to my eyes, that many times I did come back to it. For this website, it is somewhat of a grand milestone or even a masterpiece, even though it is nothing but a prototype, still.
With time, though, I was more and more into something fresh here. As this project has no particular deadline whatsoever, I could take my time and think it over. Most of the lines remain pretty similar now, but I did provide some changes.
Idea for this heel work is with me for some time now. This construction type is finally gonna be explored!
Hence, my second prototype is in the making. I thought I would take you with me this time around, for I will explore things that I’ve never done before, speaking in technical terms.
For instance, I will stitch together - folded over the upper - the sole heel part through the upper and through my specially shaped insole lip inside the shoe. I hope that it will add some extra strength and tremendous looks to it. I’m super excited about this idea!
Totally by accident, I will stitch the upper by hand. I was tinkering with my sewing machine, feeling frustrated over its poor performance one day. Eventually, I’ve become so fed up with it, that I’ve decided to finish the job by hand. During that process, I went ahead and played with some colors. The result was so beautiful that I’ve ended up with stitching the upper, in part, by hand! That’s what I want to do to the final pair as well.
For the first time, I will also use a bunch of brass nails, instead of wooden pegs, to secure the waist area. I think it will present that fantastic look and nice finish to the sole design overall. Forefoot will be sewn using classic welted construction, though.